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HTMLElement: paste event - Web APIs

HTMLElement: paste event

Baseline Widely available

The paste event fires when the user initiates a paste action through the browser's user interface.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("paste", (event) => { })

onpaste = (event) => { }
Event type Event properties

Also inherits properties from its parent Event.

ClipboardEvent.clipboardData Read only

A DataTransfer object containing the data affected by the user-initiated cut, copy, or paste operation, along with its MIME type.

Example

This example logs every copy and paste attempt to the <textarea>.

HTML
<h3>Play with this text area:</h3>
<textarea id="editor" rows="3">
Try copying and pasting text into this field!
</textarea>

<h3>Log:</h3>
<p id="log"></p>
JavaScript
function logCopy(event) {
  log.innerText = `Copied!\n${log.innerText}`;
}

function logPaste(event) {
  log.innerText = `Pasted!\n${log.innerText}`;
}

const editor = document.getElementById("editor");
const log = document.getElementById("log");

editor.oncopy = logCopy;
editor.onpaste = logPaste;
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